God's will, God's punishment, or God's limitations? Religious coping strategies reported by young adults living with serious mental illness

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 529-540

  Phillips III, Russell E ^a   Stein, Catherine H ^b  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Religious coping; Schizophrenia; Serious mental illness; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUNISHMENT; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; VOLITION;

EID: 34347345138     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20364     Document Type: Article

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